User:Hannnahkl/Alfred Meakin (Tunstall)

Alfred Meakin (Tunstall) founded the Royal Albert Works in Tunstall, Staffordshire, in 1873. Beginning in 1877, the company began marketing ironstone, porcelain, and majolica tile under the "Alfred Meakin Ltd." name, which it used through its buyout by Myott, Son & Co. Ltd. in 1976. Alfred Meakin was the brother of James and George Meakin, whose J._%26_G._Meakin Potteries produced many similar forms and patterns, leading to some confusion between the two.